You are underway in an area where the charted depth is 8 fathoms. You compute the height of tide to be -4.0 feet. The draft of your vessel is 5.0 feet (1.52 meters). You determine the depth of the water beneath your keel to be __________.

Correct Answer: Option A — 39 feet (11.9 meters)

Per United States Coast Pilot and Gulf Stream routing guides, vessels northbound should navigate well offshore, approximately 75 miles east of Ormond Beach, to avoid adverse inshore countercurrents and maximize favorable current speed.